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2011 News Archives:

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December 2010/January 2011 - Merry Christmas!, Vancouver Rooming House Fire Kills Three!, Acme Fire and Safety and Active Fire and Safety Team Up!, False Alarms - How Bad Are They?

February/March 2011

April 2011

May/June 2011 - Atlanta Fire Department Distributes Counterfeit Smoke Alarms, Globe Sprinkler Head Recall Deadline Approaching!, Fire Technicians Network Celebrates 100!

July/August, 2011 - ASTTBC Seizes Counterfeit Stamp, ASTTBC Continues to Move Towards Registering the Verification Discipline, Residential Fires in the United States Cause for Alarm!

September 2011 - Jack Layton Succumbs to Cancer, More Burning Bricks feature Mircom, White Eagle, Potter, General Alarms, and Voltech

October 2011 - United Technologies Announces Major Restructuring, British Columbia’s Smoke Detector Recycling Program Announced!

November/December 2011- Mircom Technolgies CSIS-202A Technical Bulletin, Harjit (Jit) Sangha Exonerated!

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